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This kind of report always raises the question for me of what the existing system's goals are. I think people assume that "new, reliable knowledge" is among the
by smeej 2y ago
This kind of report always raises the question for me of what the existing system's goals are. I think people assume that "new, reliable knowledge" is among the goals, but I don't see that the incentives align toward that goal, so I don't know that that's actually among them.
Does the world really want/need such a system? (The answer seems obvious to me, but not above question.) If so, how could it be designed? What incentives would it need? What conflicting interests would need to be disincentivized?
I think it's been pretty evident for a long time that the "peer-reviewed publications system" doesn't produce the results people think it should. I just don't hear anybody really thinking through the systems involved to try to invent one that would.
- sesm 2y agoMy favorite contemporary physicist is doing a mundane job at NASA and does all the interesting theoretical research as a side project. I think this should be the default.